random delivery from Amazon

I’ve had a 32gb USB delivered to me this morning. I didn’t order it, it’s not on my credit card or paypal bill, it’s not in my order history. Amazon can’t find any record of it and say it’s just a packing mistake. They also say to keep it.

Am I being paranoid in thinking there’s anything more sinister going on?

NSA or China. No doubt. Don’t plug it in!

Given what they are worth, I’d just bin it.

On a unrelated note, my sister got a Henry hoover delivered to her by accident from Amazon. She tried solidly for a month to get them to try and collect it. Ended up keeping it, as Amazon didn’t seem that bothered.

I’d re-format it a couple of times and use it. If it’s sealed in proper packaging it’s unlikely to be iffy, although it could be a knock-off. Re-format and check the capacity, it should be ok.

It’s all fully packaged in Amazon livery and exactly matches the second amazon package I’d actually ordered.

I’ll give it a go

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Don’t do it.

Remember the Iran nuclear virus was spread via USB sticks

Nuke it from Orbit[/url]
It’s the only way to be sure

Jamie, that’s a scary link.

Difficult to see how there can be a problem if the stick is re-formatted without clicking on it and seeing if there’s anything on it.
You should be able to just choose it from the list of connected devices and select re-format or just format.

connect it from within virtual machine created for the purpose?

We got a completely random cookbook delivered through Amazon, got a chat going and they confirmed it wasn’t from them, transcript was emailed to us after confirming we could keep / dispose as we wanted with the item..

Difficult to see how there can be a problem

Formatting won’t do shit if it’s a firmware based exploit.

Weaponised Ebola USB device ?

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This suspicious little USB device that our IT got in the mail got me thinking if end users would fall for it? from sysadmin

Pook, would you be the kind of person who someone might want to get to? Public sector worker, military, police?

Christmas present for the boring woman in the office.